←Psalm 54→BSB

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Truth (Faithfulness) 3 To Acknowledge 3 Save (Help) 2 Mighty (Ruthless) 2 Salvation Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Deliverance) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) Truthfulness Out of Free Will Praise

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Save Me by Your Name

(1 Samuel 23:7–29)

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?”

ⓘ In this individual lament, occasioned by violent and...

In this individual lament, occasioned by violent and godless people (54:3), the psalmist turns to God in prayer and maintains his focus on God’s help (54:4). He prays for God to save him from evil and to judge his enemies (54:5, 7).
1Save me, O God, by Your name,and vindicate me by Your might!2Hear my prayer, O God;listen to the words of my mouth.3For strangers rise up against me,and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God.Selah4Surely God is my helper;the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.5He will reward my enemies with evil.In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
ⓘ In anticipation of God’s response, the mood of...

In anticipation of God’s response, the mood of the psalm changes from gloom to thanksgiving.
6Freely I will sacrifice to You;I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.7For He has delivered me from every trouble,and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.